Seems like the plastic bag recycle cans at the stores were always jammed full. So why not just put more cans out for plastic recycle or give money back like cans? What about garbage can bags, leaf bags, zip locks, etc.? It was the garbage disposal sites complaining about plastic.
I am old enough to remember trash day before the advent of plastic garbage bags. A disgusting stew of food and other wastes that had been cooking inside a metal can all week coagulating and oozing all over the ground. Plastic bags were a major advancement in public health.